Fall to Pieces (Kate Banning Mysteries) [Paperback]

Cecelia Tishy (Author)

Book Description

Series: Kate Banning Mysteries | Publication Date: August 8, 2000

In this sizzling new mystery from the author of Cryin' Time, amateur sleuth Kate Banning is caught up in Music City stardom when she has to stop the murder of a famous country singer.

Praise for the Kate Banning mysteries:

"Great reading."-Lisa Scottoline, author of Legal Tender

"An entertaining series with a twang."-New York Daily News

"A delightful new voice in Southern mystery."-Steven Womack

"Cecilia Tishy is brilliant." -Nashville Banner

"A real treat...A lively view of country music and Nashville life."-Booklist

"Carefully crafted and thoroughly detailed." -Library Journal

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Nashville and country music once more provide the background and subject matter for murder. Magazine editor Kate Banning (Cryin' Time) approaches country icon LilyAnn Page's manager about a fan magazine project, but the manager has something else in mind. She believes someone has targeted LilyAnn for murder. Plenty of suspects appear: a vindictive ex-husband, a disillusioned ex-drummer/employee, a fervently protective lead guitarist, an arrow-shooting cousin, etc. The author adds a few marvelous secondary characters for spice, along with the complications of a teenage daughter and a mostly absent pilot/lover. A most pleasant read and third in the series.
Copyright 2000 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

From Booklist

Just as Kate Banning settles into a good editorial job and a new Nashville neighborhood, her publisher throws her a curveball: help pitch a fan-club proposal to country-music queen Lily Ann Page. Kate is also asked to investigate escalating threats against Lily's career--and her life. This third Kate Banning provides a difficult-to-solve mystery and plenty of interesting information on country music, the music-video business, and the publishing industry. The series regulars--Kate, daughter Kelly, and significant other Sam Powers--continue to grow, and a new batch of coworkers, country singers, and suspects add interest. The whole is projected effectively against a vivid backdrop of Nashville and a southern spring. Kinky Friedman readers will like the country-music angle here, though Kate herself, considerably less hip than the Kinkster, is likely to appeal more to fans of Jonnie Jacobs' Kate Austen (see review on p.882). John Rowen --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 304 pages
• Publisher: Signet (August 8, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0451200942
• ISBN-13: 978-0451200945
• Product Dimensions: 6.6 x 4.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 4.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,271,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A good storyline with an appealing main character, January 21, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Fall to Pieces (Hardcover)

A really good read. Kate Banning is an appealing character, trying to hold together a job and single motherhood while adjusting to being a Yankee transplanted to Nashville. It's fun to watch her cope with her teenage daughter's first "Y'all" and the world of country music in general. And the mystery is absorbing and its solution surprising.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Suspenseful and satisfying, with a Music City setting, September 15, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Fall to Pieces (Kate Banning Mysteries) (Paperback)

This series gets better and better. Now that people like Shania Twain and Faith Hill are making country music more popular than ever, these books are fun reading because they give a real sense of what the country music scene is like. And it's fun to try to guess whether Cecelia Tishy's musician characters are patterned after any particular music stars. This book had an exciting and surprising conclusion that will satisfy any mystery fan, whether or not you care about music.